jerry siegel's & joe shuster's science fiction: the reign of the super-man

8/19/2019 Jerry Siegel's & Joe Shuster's Science Fiction: The Reign of the Super-Man

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CONTENTSHUMAN AND SUPERHUMAN .................................5

THE REIGN OF THE SUPER-MAN .........................8

THE PREHISTORY OF THE SUPER-MAN ..........25

THE EARLY WORKS OF JERRY SIEGEL ...........35

Professor Sights Stupefying Vision ...............................................35

Renowned Detective Deducts Deductions .....................................36

Editor Receives Math Puzzle From Author ...................................37

Attention “M” ...............................................................................38

Vance Deserts Crime For Literary Contests ..................................38

Vance’s Breath-o-scope Solves Mystery Puzzle ............................39

‘Izzie Murphy,’ Slithering Sleuth, Solves Thrilling Live Corpse

Murder Mystery .............................................................................40

Detective Tries Composing ...........................................................42

Goober The Mighty Discovers Countless Foes In Wilderness .....43

Untitled Poem 1 .............................................................................46

Goober, The Mighty, Returns To Page With Breath-Taking Story Of

Battle In Jungle ..............................................................................46

Two Torch Sleuths Murdered, But Only Dead From Neck Up .....48

Untitled Poem 2 .............................................................................48

Five Men And A Corpse ................................................................49

Lois ................................................................................................51

Repartee ........................................................................................51


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THE REIGN

OF THE SU-PER-MAN

The bread-line! Its row ofdowncast, disillusioned men;

unlucky creatures who have found that life holds nothing

but bitterness for them. The bread-line! Last resort of the

starving vagrant.

With a contemptuous sneer on his face, Professor

Smalley watched the wretched unfortunates le past him.

To him, who had come of rich parents and had never

been forced to face the rigors of life, the miserableness

of these men seemed deserved. It appeared to him that if

they had the slightest ambition at all they could easily lift

themselves from their terrible rut.


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Another Thrilling Story By The Writer of

“Snaring The Master”

But while he eyed them with a world of

condescension, he was busy scanning their faces,

searching for the man he sought. Time and time again

he seemed on the point of reaching out and putting

a restraining arm on the hand of one of the men. But

ever he hesitated at the last moment and allowed the

fellow to le past.

At last, however, he gave up his search in

despair and resignedly claimed the attention of the

raggedly-dressed person who happened to be before

him at that moment. “How would you like to have a

real meal and a new suit?” he inquired.

The resentment in the vagrant’s face died as

he saw that Smalley wore costly apparel. “I’d like

nothing better, mister.” Then, suddenly suspicious--

”What do you want me to do for you?

Nothing crooked, I hope?”

Professor Smalley laughed. “I

assure you my intentions are purely

humanitarian. But if you doubt……..”


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THE EARLY WORKS OF

JERRY SIEGELProfessor Sights

Stupefying Vision

As He Peers Into A Telescope, He Sees An Apparition A Martian, He Hopes

Professor I. M. Blank gave his forehead

a trec whack and tumbled o the high stool

he had been sitting on.

“Adolph, Gustavus, Iden, Oscar,” he

shouted, “come here at once.”

His four assistants rushed across the

room and assisted him to his feet.

“The telescope,” he cried, “look at it. .

. .tell me what you see!”

As they had been taught, they took

turns peering through the giant telescope in

the alphabetical order of their names.

“Professor!” ejaculated Adolph, “I see

a man!”

“And, my dear fellow, do you know

upon what the telescope is trained?”

“No.”

“Mars!”

“Incredible, sir, incredible!”

“Nevertheless, it is true! Quick—

Gustavus—ask him his name,” I. M. Blank

commanded.

After a moment, Gustavus turned to

the professor and said: “His name is Sam,

sir.”

“A beautiful name, a beautiful name,

indeed,” murmured the scientist ecstatically,

then: “Oh—his last name—hurry—his last

name!”

“Brown.”

“Melodious! Ask him where he lives.”

“Professor! He says he lives in New

York!”

“Impossible! To think that the

inhabitants of Mars would go so far as to

borrow the names of our cities. Hm-mm,

quite an honor.”

“Hey, professor, what else do you want

to know?” came a voice from above.

The ve men stared at each other wild-

eyed; this was beyond even their greatest

expectations!


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Then came the voice of Iden, “My dear

I. M. Blank, you’ll pardon me—”

“I will not!” screamed the scientist

“Here we are, the rst terrestrians to have aninformal conversation with a citizen of Mars,

and you have the brazen nerve to interrupt!”

“But professor “

“Will you please control yourself?

Well, what have you to say that is so

important?”

“Only that you saw the man we

employed to clean the inside of the telescope!”

A half an hour later the news came to

the world that the dead bodies of two men

had been found oating down the Hudson

River. A card bearing the name of Samuel

Brown was found in the pocket of one,

while the other was immediately recognized

as Eugene Iden, an assistant to the “world-

widely” known astronomer, I. M. Blank!

—Jerome Siegel

From The Glenville Torch Vol XI, No. 4 October 16,

1930


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